Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.22.050

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

The courts of this state are given jurisdiction over every person not resident, domiciled, or authorized to do business in this state who files a statement with the director under this chapter and over all actions involving that person arising out of violations of this chapter, and each person is considered to have performed acts equivalent to and constituting an appointment of the director to be the lawful attorney of the person upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding arising out of a violation of this chapter. Copies of all lawful process shall be transmitted by registered or certified mail by the director to the person at the last known address of the person.